Facebook Is Said to Create Mobile Location-Tracking App — Facebook Inc. (FB) is developing a smartphone application that will track the location of users, two people with knowledge of the matter said, bolstering efforts to benefit from growing use of social media on mobile computers.

Dell Nears $23 Billion Deal to Go Private — Dell Inc. on Monday was close to finishing a $23 billion deal to take itself private at between $13.50 and $13.75 a share, said people familiar with the matter, in a buyout that marks an unofficial end to the era when a handful of young entrepreneurs made PCs the dominant computing device.

“Evasi0n” Overloads Servers As Over 270,000 People Download The New Jailbreak For iOS 6.0/6.1 Devices, Including iPhone 5 — Jailbreaking has returned, and already servers are overloaded. Today, a group of iOS hackers styling themselves as the Evad3rs team has released a usable jailbreak for the iPhone 5 …

Trade group wants U.S.-China action on cyber security threats — (Reuters) - U.S. companies want the U.S. and Chinese governments to work together to address the growing problem of cyber attacks that threaten to undermine trade between the world's two largest economies, a U.S. business leader said on Monday.

Meet the Data Brains Behind the Rise of Facebook — Jay Parikh sits at a desk inside Building 16 at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, and his administrative assistant, Genie Samuel, sits next to him. Every so often, Parikh will hear her giggle, and that means she just tagged …

HTC M7 to ditch megapixels in favour of Ultrapixels — HTC is to use a new camera sensor on its much-rumoured HTC M7?smartphone, Pocket-lint can confirm, which will use what the company calls Ultrapixels. — Although rumours have suggested the new smartphone will use a 13-megapixel sensor …

Facebook to Make Targeted Ads More Transparent For Users — Move Is Another Step Toward Web-Wide Ad Network — Facebook is about to get more transparent in the way it targets advertising at its users. — The social network has agreed to start displaying the little blue “AdChoices” …

Nokia chief suggests Windows tablets on the way — Nokia chief executive Stephen Elop has given the clearest indication yet that the Finnish mobile phone stalwart will soon make its assault on the booming tablet computer market, and a windows-based device is the most likely starting point.

Publishers Cool on Facebook — We are entering the end of the like era. There was a time, not long ago, when all industries, including publishing, wondered how to turbocharge their growth via Facebook. But as the plunging fortunes of Zynga show, that's a dangerous proposition.

Lenovo ThinkPad Helix delayed until March or April — Lenovo's versatile ThinkPad Helix was one of the more impressive convertible laptops we saw at CES 2013, but there's some bad news for those holding out for its mooted February release date. Responding to a question on the company's Facebook page …

Huawei launches Windows phone in Africa — The customised Huawei Windows phone will only be available in Africa — Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has unveiled a bespoke Windows-run smartphone exclusively available in Africa. — The customised device is being launched today in partnership …

Amazon to collect Conn. sales tax, ending dispute — HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Amazon has agreed to collect Connecticut's sales tax, ending a dispute over the tax that the online retailer had refused to charge its customers, state officials and the company said Monday.